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   <title>CITY COUNCIL WARD 2 CANDIDATES QUESTIONS :  Thank you once again John Soppanish...</title>
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    <![CDATA[<strong>Author:</strong> <a href="http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/member_profile.asp?PF=353">Ima B. Lever</a><br /><strong>Subject:</strong> 1638<br /><strong>Posted:</strong> Jul&nbsp;26&nbsp;2009 at 12:38pm<br /><br /><EM><FONT color=#0000ff><DIV><FONT color=#333333 size=3>Thank you once again <FONT color=#0000ff><strong>John Soppanish</strong> </FONT>for your latest attempt to get these long-awaited answers from the City's Community Revitalization Department on HUD-funded housing programs like the "Dollar Homes" project</FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT size=3></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV><DIV><U><FONT size=3><strong>CITY COUNCIL WARD 2 CANDIDATES QUESTIONS:&nbsp; LESLIE FORD &amp; A.K. SMITH - </strong></FONT></U></FONT><FONT color=#ff0000 size=3><U><strong>CITY'S "DOLLAR HOME" PROGRAM</strong></U></FONT></EM> </DIV><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV><DIV><FONT size=2><strong>Question 1:</strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;What do you know about the City's "Dollar Home" program of purchasing, rehabilitating and re-selling FHA foreclosed homes with HUD funds that&nbsp;was initiated&nbsp;in early 2006?</FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT size=2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV><DIV><FONT size=2><strong>Question 2:</strong>&nbsp; Of the 10 homes deeded to the City by FHA, there's six that still have not been&nbsp;<strong><FONT color=#ff0000>"REHABBED"</FONT></strong> in&nbsp;Ward 2.&nbsp; Were you aware that a&nbsp;sizable amount of HUD monies have been doled out for property taxes, insurance and maintenance since 2006?&nbsp; Did you know that significant City staff time has been spent on this project with very little to show?</FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT size=2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV><DIV><FONT size=2><strong>Question 3:</strong>&nbsp; Have either of you ever sought information from the City's Community Revitalization Department relative to their <FONT color=#ff0000><strong>"PLANS"</strong></FONT> for these six neglected houses?</FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT size=2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV><DIV><FONT size=2><strong>Question 4:</strong>&nbsp; Since more than <strong><FONT color=#ff0000>"THREE YEARS"</FONT></strong>&nbsp;have passed since this project was initiated, did you ever question the City's ability to undertake <strong><FONT color=#ff0000>"MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR"</FONT></strong> City Council approved plans to dramatically undertake more HUD-funded housing?</FONT></DIV>]]>
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